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Bouchette

FieldValue
nameBouchette
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineBouchette QC.JPG
flag_size120x100px
shield_size120x100px
pushpin_mapCanada Western Quebec
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation in western Quebec
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Quebec
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Outaouais
subdivision_type3RCM
subdivision_name3La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
established_title1Constituted
established_date1March 22, 1980
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameSteve Lefebvre
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Gatineau
area_footnotes
area_total_km2143.21
area_land_km2122.09
population_footnotes
population_total695
population_as_of2021
population_density_km25.7
population_blank1_titlePop (2016–21)
population_blank14.9%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2629
timezoneEST
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeJ0X 1E0
area_code819
website

Bouchette () is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, 75 km north of Gatineau. Its territory is along the shores of Gatineau River and western Thirty-One Mile Lake.

Agriculture is an important economic activity, along with outdoor tourism. It has less than 700 residents but approximately 1075 cottage owners.

There is a variety of services in Bouchette: school, post office, municipal services, grocery and hardware stores, restaurants, accommodation, construction contractors, camping.

History

The Bouchette Township was proclaimed in 1858 and the Township Municipality was formed in 1872. It was named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841).

The township of Cameron between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake was proclaimed in 1854 and named in honour of Canadian businessman and politician Malcolm Cameron.

In 1980, the townships of Bouchette and Cameron merged, forming the new Municipality of Bouchette.

Demographics

| 1976 |760 | 1981 |689 | 1986 |699 | 1991 |688 | 1996 |722 | 2001 |701 | 2006 |718 | 2011 |786 | 2016 |731 | 2021 |695

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 347 (out of 629 total)

Languages:

  • French as first language: 81%
  • English as first language: 19%

Local government

List of former mayors:

  • Réjean Carle (...–2009)
  • Réjean Major (2009–2017)
  • Gilles Bastien (2017–2021)
  • Steve Lefebvre (2021–present)

References

References

  1. "Bouchette". MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau.
  2. "Bouchette (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  3. [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  4. "Bouchette, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  5. {{mamrot. 83050
  6. {{toponymie. 94939
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